Major Pentatonic Blues Improvisation Practice
Blues Guitar & Beyond • 2m 29s
You’ll learn methods to blend seamlessly between both Minor and Major Pentatonic tonalities as you become more comfortable with the scale positions and your ear training continues to develop. In a situation like this, you’ll see when I choose to dive out of the Major color and dip into the Minor color of the Pentatonic Scale, and just how much it can change the intention of a phrase.
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